Category: Life
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More Broccoli: Chicken Divan with Fresh Broccoli
My grandmother’s recipe for this used frozen broccoli and had crushed potato chips on top. In the quest to use up almost the last of a huge bag of fresh broccoli from the big box store, I made Chicken Divan with fresh broccoli and frozen boneless skinless chicken breasts. I thawed the chicken in warm…
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Chicken Soup with Rice Redux
It’s November and it’s raining so it must be time for chicken soup with rice for dinner! I made that recipe again, but I used just 1/2 cup of rice and 1 cup of water rather than 2 (so 5 cups total liquid). Delicious! I like it better this way, with a bit less rice.…
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September Cooking and Gardening
I have been cooking, but much of it has been in terms of canning and freezing and drying. And it’s a whirlwind on the weekends and I forget to take pictures. Yesterday I had friends for dinner. I marinated a flank steak in my mom’s standby flank steak marinade with olive oil, lemon juice, garlic…
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The Pig that Sits at our Table
When the girls were little and I was working on their table manners, I spotted an idea in a magazine that I thought sounded fun. I found a cute little ceramic pig to put on the table. He’s meant to be a salt shaker but he’s our “good manners” reminder. The way it worked was…
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First egg!
Friday my chicken guy came and took a rooster, swapping him for an older hen he said was about ready to lay. She started squawking loudly today around noon, hopping into and out of the coop, digging around in the shavings all over, in the nesting boxes and out. I thought she was getting ready…